Fifteen people were killed and 16 others injured in Israeli strikes on Damascus in Syria marking one of the deadliest strikes in months to hit the Syrian capital, state media SANA said citing a military source and
The strikes targeted several (...)
The United Nations has accused Israel of "severe violations" of a 50-year-old agreement with Syria, saying it has engaged in "engineering groundwork activities" that encroach on a key buffer zone in the Golan Heights.
"Violations of the 1974 (...)
RIYADH — Syrian Air announced the resumption of its flights between Damascus International Airport and King Abdulaziz International Airport, Jeddah from Thursday, November 7, according to the Syrian News Agency.
Director General of Syrian Airlines (...)
Syrian air defense systems successfully intercepted an Israeli missile attack early Saturday, according to the state-run Sana news agency.
The strikes targeted military sites in the southern and central regions of Syria, with the assault commencing (...)
Israel announced early Saturday that its military has executed "precise strikes" against military targets in Iran, with explosions reportedly heard in Tehran.
"Right now, the Israel Defense Forces is conducting precise strikes on military targets in (...)
Details are emerging of an apparent raid by Israeli special forces on a "Hezbollah missile production facility" in Syria.
Israel's government has said nothing about the operation which, according to US media reports, took place at the beginning of (...)
DAMASCUS — Saudi Arabia has reopened its embassy in the Syrian capital Damascus after it was closed since the beginning of the Syrian crisis 12 years ago.
Abdullah Al-Harees, acting Saudi Chargé d'Affaires in Syria, announced the official opening of (...)
At least 16 people have been killed in Israeli air strikes on a number of military sites in central Syria, the Syrian state news agency reports.
Sana cited a health official as saying that another 36 people were wounded in the attacks in the (...)
Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh, who was assassinated in Iran on Wednesday, has been buried in Qatar.
Funeral prayers were held at Qatar's Imam Muhammed bin Abdul Wahhab mosque — the largest in the country — before his body was taken in a coffin draped (...)
RIYADH — A Syrian Airlines flight arrived at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh for the first time in more than 10 years, signaling the return of regular flights between Syria and Saudi Arabia.
The Riyadh Airports Company celebrated the (...)
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reiterated his willingness to restore ties with Syria and extended an "invitation" Sunday to bring back relations to "how they were in the past."
Over 12 years ago, diplomatic ties between Ankara and Damascus (...)
ARAFAT — Marking the apex of the annual pilgrimage of Hajj, more than 1.8 million pilgrims started their main ritual of standing at Arafat on Saturday afternoon after ascending the vast plains of Arafat earlier the day.
Chanting "Labbaik Allahumma (...)
MINA — Chanting "Labbaik Allahumma Labbaik" ("Here I am, O God, here I am answering your call"), more than 1.5 million pilgrims descended on the tent city of Mina on Friday, the Day of Tarwiyah, marking the beginning of the annual pilgrimage of (...)
Israeli airstrikes on the Syrian city of Aleppo early Monday killed an Iranian military adviser, according to Iranian media.
CNN has contacted the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) for comment, but it does not regularly acknowledge strikes.
Saeed Abiyar, (...)
RIYADH —Dr. Muhammad Soussan, Syrian ambassador to Saudi Arabia, revealed that the operation of scheduled flight service between Syria and Saudi Arabia will be resumed after the current Hajj season. The re-start of flight services between Damascus (...)
DAMMAM — The first group of Syrian pilgrims arrived in Makkah on Tuesday, the Saudi Press Agency reported. There are more than 200 pilgrims in the first batch of Syrian pilgrims who arrived in the Kingdom after a hiatus of 12 years.
Maktab 60 of the (...)
Syria's first lady, Asma al-Assad, has been diagnosed with leukemia, the Syrian presidency announced on Tuesday.
This comes nearly five years after she declared a full recovery from breast cancer.
According to the statement, Asma, 48, will undergo a (...)
Iranian media has confirmed the death of Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi, aged 63, and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian following a helicopter crash in the country's mountainous province of East Azerbaijan.
Iranian state media Press TV and (...)
A military base in Iraq housing a pro-Iranian militia has been damaged in an explosion, killing one and wounding eight, security officials there have said.
Iraq's military reported no drones or fighter jets in the area before or during the (...)
An unclaimed aerial attack in central Iran on Friday comes fresh on the heels of tit-for-tat Iranian and Israeli strikes earlier this month, marking a potentially dangerous escalation of the Middle East conflict.
Israel carried out the strike inside (...)
LONDON — Israel's attack on Iran was not the fierce response that US President Joe Biden and other western leaders had feared.
They have been urging Israel to draw a line under the dangerous series of events that started with Israel's assassination (...)
The president of the European Council hopes Friday's apparent Israeli retaliation will be the last in the recent escalation with Iran and believes the next "hours and days" will be critical.
Charles Michel spoke exclusively to Euronews hours after (...)
Israel has carried out a military strike inside Iran, a US official told CNN Friday, the latest move in a dangerous escalation that threatens to push the already volatile region into all-out war.
The US was given advance notification Thursday of an (...)
European Union leaders are gathering in Brussels for a special two-day summit focused on the bloc's economic competitiveness.
But the agenda is set to be overshadowed by the ongoing crisis in the Middle East, which the West fears could soon spiral (...)
The European Union will "start the necessary work" to hit Iran with heavier sanctions after Saturday's aerial attack on Israel, the bloc's top diplomat has said.
Speaking following an exceptional virtual meeting of EU foreign ministers on Tuesday, (...)
